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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
trans fatty acid
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vitamin C - citrus fruits
B and C
2. What function is vitamin A?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
essential amino acids
3. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
B and C
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
one week period
4. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
protein
one tspn salt or less
albumin levels
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
5. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
6 oz. a day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
milk - enriched grains
B and C
6. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
dark green - orange - drybeans
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
one week period
fats
7. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
low albumin levels < 3.4
liver and intestinal synthesis
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
8. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
dairy and fortified foods
prealbumin levels
pregnant women or elderly
9. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
day week or month
diet recall
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
10. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
5.5 ounces/day
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
11. What foods have high quality protein?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
trans fatty acid
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
4 calories/gram
12. What is the function of vitamin C?
2 cups
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
pregnant women or elderly
rickets - osteomalacia
13. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
day week or month
14. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
dietary approach to stop hypertension
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fat soluble vitamins
B and C
15. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
transferrin
protein and fat
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
16. What is RDA of protein?
B and C
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
17. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
atrophy or wasting of muscle
cream cheese - cream or butter
18. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
antioxidant - immune function
300 cal/day increase
3 cups
hemorrhage
19. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
apple is higher risk than a pear
trans fatty acid
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
cream cheese - cream or butter
20. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
day week or month
300 cal/day increase
rickets - osteomalacia
one tspn salt or less
21. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
trans fatty acid
TPN total parenteral nutrition
300 cal/day increase
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
22. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
albumin levels
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
23. What is normal albumin levels?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
4 calories/gram
24. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
rickets - osteomalacia
day week or month
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
dietary approach to stop hypertension
25. What is normal BMI?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vitamin C - citrus fruits
6 oz. a day
18-25
26. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
fat soluble vitamins
apple is higher risk than a pear
trans fatty acid
hemoglobin
27. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
pregnant women or elderly
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
28. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
5.5 ounces/day
apple is higher risk than a pear
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
29. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
one tspn salt or less
500 cal/day
starches - sugars - and cellulose
30. What type of people need extra protein?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
dark green - orange - drybeans
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
protein and fat
31. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
one tspn salt or less
500 cal/day
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
4 calories/gram
32. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
dark green - orange - drybeans
rickets - osteomalacia
albumin levels
33. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
protein
6 oz. a day
TPN total parenteral nutrition
low albumin levels < 3.4
34. When does BMR decrease?
fats
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
2.5 cups
prealbumin levels
35. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
one week period
pregnant women or elderly
hemoglobin
36. Name six sources of grains
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
18-25
37. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
apple is higher risk than a pear
2 cups
38. Fats can lead to some medical problems
review of systems
atrophy or wasting of muscle
protein and fat
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
39. Sources of fats
18-25
diet recall
vitamin C - citrus fruits
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
40. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
can consume more calories without weight gain
diet recall
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
starches - sugars - and cellulose
41. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
protein and fat
low albumin levels < 3.4
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
42. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
antioxidant - immune function
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
4 calories/gram
43. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
can consume more calories without weight gain
fats
atrophy or wasting of muscle
44. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
3 cups
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
milk - enriched grains
45. What are healthy sources of fats?
vitamin K
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
protein and fat
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
46. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
review of systems
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
47. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
cream cheese - cream or butter
vitamin C - citrus fruits
fats
essential amino acids
48. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
protein
pregnant women or elderly
prealbumin levels
4 calories/gram
49. The higher the BMR a client has --
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
essential amino acids
can consume more calories without weight gain
vitamin C - citrus fruits
50. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
B and C
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
starches - sugars - and cellulose